Re: [PLUG] Linux-friendly ISP for DSL in Philly?

[Andrew White <andrew@white.com>]

Hi Jeff,

You may have heard that all BellAtlantic Infospeed ADSL customers
in the Philadelphia area (BellAtlantic.net included) experienced
an almost 30-hour outage which just ended this afternoon.  Bell's
explanation to us was that there was an "ATM switch problem", but
we never did get any details.

Our experience with Covad has been much better -- no lengthy outages, much
better technical support, and more reliable.

-Andrew


On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:

> How much of the Bell Atlantic service outage problem is BellAtlantic
> (irrespective of ISP) and how much is bellatlantic.net? ISP doesn't
> matter if there's no connection.
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 03:40:46PM -0400, Andrew White wrote:
> > Hi Michael,
> > 
> > DCANet offers many speeds of DSL with loops provided by Covad,
> > Northpoint, Conectiv or Bell:
> > 
> >   http://www.dca.net/signup/
> > 
> > We support Linux (and many of us use it on our desktops).
> > 
> > -Andrew White
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Michael Leone wrote:
> > 
> > > Anybody got a recommendation for a Linux-knowledable ISP offering
> > > DSL service (640K or better downstream), in the Philly area?
> > > 
> > > I use the Linux Router Project software as a gatewall/firewall on
> > > a 486 on my home LAN, and want to continue using it. I'd like an ISP
> > > who's Linux friendly (i.e., offers support for something other than
> > > just Win/Mac), who might be able to provide support with any special
> > > problems this type of configuration might have.
> > > 
> > > BTW, Bell Atlantic/Voicenet do not count as ISPs. I've been down
> > > that torture path before, thanks. :-(
> 
> 
> 
> 


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